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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Gun Kills Siam’s Young King

 

 New York Times | 10 June 1946
Gun Kills Siam’s Young King

On June 9, 1946, Bhumibol Adulyadej becomes Thailand’s king shortly after King Anand Mahidol, his brother and predecessor, is found dead with a bullet through his head in the palace in Bangkok.

Gun Kills Siam's Young King; Palace Death Held Accident; FOUND DEAD

BANGKOK, Siam, Monday, June 10--Ananda Mahidol, 20-year-old King of Siam, was found dead of a bullet wound yesterday in the royal palace, and twelve hours later the Siamese Legislature named his brother, Prince Phumiphon Aduldet, 18, as the new king.

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